Improvement in bag-holders



A. J. MOSHER.

BAG-HOLDER.

Patented May16,1876.

NJETERB. PHOTO-LIHOMLFHER. WASHNGTON. D-C.

`UNITED STATES to thc-floor or platform.

ANDREW J. MOSHER, OF PORTLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT` PATENT OFFICE;

TO THOMAS J. SKILLIN, OF DEERING, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,540, dated May 16, 1876; 'application filed .April 15, 1ere.

To allwhom 'it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW J. MosEEn, of Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag- Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to' the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in whichy Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a detail, showing a top plan of the spring.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a convenient means of holding bags while they are being filled.

, lhe construction of my device is as follows: .Two hollow standards, a. and b, are secured One of these stainlards admits of no motion, while the other, b, having a joint near its lower extremity, is capable of movement in the plane of the other support a. When no provision is made by whichthe relative position of the standards can be adjusted theyshould be placed at ay distance of about eighteen inches from each other-a distance to be varied according to .the height of the standards andthe width of the bags to be used. Stops e and fare placed on the either side ofthe standard a, as shown in the drawing, against one of which, c, the standard a is forced by means of the spring l1.. Within these standards may be 4placed the rods l, which should be but little shorter than the standards. To the upper ends of these rods areV securedv the jaws m n, which may be semicircul'ar in shape,l or angular, when' that form best subserves the purpose. .Upon 4the outer surface of these jaws are flanges o, Aprovided with teeth, the jaws being so attached to the rodsl that 011e side is more elevated than the other. When the same size of bag is usedA the jaws maybe attached directly to the standard.

In operating thedevice the rods-Z are raised or lowered until the distance between the jaws and the floor or platform is about equal to the height of the bag to be filled. In this position they are secured by the use of thumb-screws or a spring in a slot or similar device. One side of the bag is placed around the jaw m. The standard a is then drawn toward the support b until the other side of the bag can be placed around the jaw n, whenV the standard is released. The jaws being pressed apart within the mouth of the bag by the spring, the substance to be placed in The oice of the stop f is to prevent abuse n of the spring.

If found desirable to make use of the holder for bags of varying width, the foot of either v.

of the standards b preferably may be so constructed as to move in a groored channel, so placed relatively to the standard a that the standard may be moved to and fro in the plane of the other standard. [n this way the distance between the standards may be adjusted for any width of bag, the adjustable standard being secured at any point desired by means of a set-screw, or similarly.

I donot, of course, confine myself to any particular form of spring to be applied to the standard a. The standard itselfmay be made of elastic material, and rigidly attached to the platform, or the springs may be reduplicated and applied in any of the various knownl methods.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination of the inclined jaws and the standards a and b with the spring h and stop c, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the inclined jaws, rods l, standards a and b, spring h, and stop c.

3. The semicircular or angular jaws, having serrated anges, said jaws being mounted upon standards, so constructed as to'admit of being drawn toward each other, and to separate on the withdrawal of the force.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of April, 1876.

ANDREW J. MOSHER.

Witnesses MANAssEH SMITH, GEO. E. BIRD. 

